David Marcus: With recall around the corner, energy of quiet town Modesto not directed at politics

It’s a scene that has repeated itself all across the country, in state after state. In the big cities, Covid-19 restrictions on the denizens are harsh and controversial, while their country cousins in rural areas sloughed off most of the limits a long time ago. Here in Modesto that is the story. But it's a little more complicated than that.
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